Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

February 2001 by Staff

Using a Winch to Work Smarter, Not Harder

July 2009
It’s really a kick to watch a boulder weighing several tons moving out of your dredge hole and onto the cobble pile being pulled by a cable attached to your portable winch.

Ask The Experts

June 2016
Q: How do I improve my small-scale mining operation’s gold production?

Ask The Experts - This low-grade ore is not worth processing

February 2019

Fraser Institute Survey Results Rank Best (and Worst) Mining Locales

April 2005
British Columbia made the biggest jump towards improvement in terms of regulations in the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies. BC, historically relegated to the bottom 10 locations to mine in the survey’s Policy Potential Index, benefited from a change in administration. Three years ago it was dead last.

Silver Hill, North Carolina

November 2000
To the writer's knowledge, this was the first discovery of silver and lead in North Carolina and perhaps one of the first official discoveries of silver east of the Mississippi River.

More Small-Scale Miners Attracted by Gold Prices

July 2007
With gold hovering above $650 an ounce, interest in panning and prospecting for the pricey precious metal in northern Idaho’s icy streams and on its rugged mountainsides has enjoyed a mini-boom.

The Geology of Diamond Deposits

May 2019

New theories have been developed and they may lead to new discoveries and give prospectors some new insight on where to look for diamonds.

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